Heed the warning. Florence is detrimental to your purse strings. Even the most resolved heart will melt and purchase something, anything! Be it the 2 Euros gelato (Unlike Rome where gelato prices start from 1. 30 Euros), memento bags or miserly magnets. My friends and I affectionately term the city a, ‘tourist trap’ (also because of hidden costs in touring places, more of that later) Then again, if you leave without shopping at Florence, you may regret it. Partake in the festival market spirit, which is as pervasive as the stalls that are in it. Most stalls are repeated, of course, very much like the Pasar Malam (Night Market) in Singapore. Do take a brisk walk around the stalls once before you begin buying as some stalls do engage in competitive pricing for similar products. There
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